Coin-controlled vending machine



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARVEY ours, or nnooxny v, mew YORK, nssronon 'ro nn'rnmns warm, or NEW YORK, n. or.

COIN-CONTBQLLED VENDING MACHINE.

Application filed November 20, 1919. Serial No. 389,288.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARVEY GILES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and. State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Controlled Vending Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The invention pertains more particularly to coin-controlled vending-machines for the sale of confections, and it resides in the novel features, structure and combinations of parts hereinafter described, and particuy pointed out in the claims.

Vending machines of the class to which my invention pertains are provided with vertical trays adapted to receive vertical columns or stacks of the pieces. of the confection or the like to be sold, an operating 7 handle or rod exposed at its outer en ejector mechanism operable from said handle upon the introduction of a proper coin t0 the machine, means for directing the sold ieces of confection to an exposed position or removal by the purchaser, means for collecting the proper coins introduced to the machine, such as one cent pieces, and means for returning to the purchaser an improper coin, such as a ten cent piece, which might be introduced to the machine by mistake. These machines are also provided with means for-closing the coin slots as the trays become emptied.

It hasbeen found that machines of the class to which my invention pertains'are so complex and delicate in their mechanisms as to entail considerable loss to the owner for repairs and considerable annoyance to purchasers in the loss of coins introduced to the machines which have become out of order. It has also been found that machines of the class referred. to are very roughly handled by some persons when said ma.-

" chines are located in public places, as in which will be of such particular construction and durable character as to minimize the necessity for repairs and also minimize the 'danger of disarrangement of the mechanism by persons unnecessarily and violently opleratmg the exposed operating rod or hair e. A further purpose 'ofthe invention is to provide novel means for assuredly directing the sold pieces of goods to the customer, and a further purpose of the invention is to provide novel and effective means for closing the coin' slots one after another as the trays become emptied of their pieces of confection. A further purpose of the invention is to provide novel goods e ector mechanism for dislodging the goods from the lower ends of the trays, as said goods are sold, so that they may assuredly pass to the customer, the mechanism also being so arranged 'as to prevent the clogging of the pieces of confection at the lower ends of the trays. A further purpose of the invention is to provide novel, efiicient and durable means for roperly actuating thegoods ejectors, and a so means for preventing the clogging of the operative mechanism by paper or the like which may by children or the like be inserted dwardly through the coin-slots.

The coin-controlled mechanism of m invention comprises various features an details of construction, all of which will be better understood from the specific explana tion thereof hereinafter presented and which may not be referred to at this place without elaborate introductory description. The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had. to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation, partly broken away, of a coin-controlled vending machine constructed in accordance with and embody ing my invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section, partly broken away, through the same taken on the dotted line 2-2 of Fig. 1, the operative mechanism and coin box being omitted;

Fig. 3 is a corresponding view, taken on the dotted line 3-3 of Fig. 1, illustrating the coin mechanism in position, the lower front door of the casing in its open position, the coin box in position to be inserted within the casing and the front of the casing in position to be established in position at the front of the goods-holding trays for closing the front of the casing.

Fig. 4 is a top view of the coin-receiving box or receptacle to be interposed below the operative mechanism shown in Fig. 3 and which box is shown in vertical section 1n Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section, partly broken away, and on a larger scale, through the lower portion of the vending machine of my invention, taken on the dotted line 5-5 of Fig. 8 and showing all the parts of the mechanism in their normal inoperated position' Fig. 6 is a correspondin view through a portion of the vending mac me taken on the dotted line 66 of F 1g. 8, and showlng an introduced coin in position to permit a sale to be made;

Fig. 7. is a like view showing the parts of the mechanism as havin been altered in their relation, by the pul ing outwardly of the operating rod or handle to effect a sale; Fig. 8 is a horizontal section through the machine taken on the dotted line 8-8 of Fi 9 is a corresponding section lllustrating t e relation of the various parts of the mechanism to one another after the operatlng rod or handle has been pulled outwardly for the purpose of effecting a sale;

Fig. 10 is a vertical section through a part of the front portion of the machine taken on the dotted line 10l0 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 11 is a bottom view of the operative mechanism of the machine and detached therefrom with all the parts shown in their normal inoperated position and relation;

Fig. 12 is a corresponding view of the same illustrating the relation of the parts after the operating rod or handle has been pulled outwardly to about one-half of 1ts stroke;

Fig. 13 is a corresponding view of the same illustrating the relation of the parts of the operative mechanism after the operating rod or handle has been pulled outwardly to the full extent of its stroke;

Fig. 14 is a horizontal section through a portion of the mechanism of the machine taken on the dotted line 14-14 of Fig. 5, the operating rod being in its initial position;

Fig. 15 is a corresponding section through the same illustrating the same parts of the mechanism in the relation they will take when the operating handle is ulled outwardly without a coin having 11 introduced into the mechanism;

Fig. 16 is a horizontal transverse section through a part of the lower portion of the machine and showing the parts in their normal relation, taken on the dotted line 16-16 of Fig. 10;

F ig. 17 is a horizontal View, partly in section, of a portion of the same, illustrating a chan e in the relation of the parts from that s own in Figs. 14 and 15; Fig. 17 illustrates the operating handle or rod as having been pulled outwardly to its full extent after a coin has been introduced into the mechanism;

Fig. 18 is a vertical section through a portion of the operative mechanism of the machine, taken on the dotted line 1818 of Fig. 8;

Fig. 19 is a top view, partly in section, of one of the goods-ejector carrying slides, the figure being a top View with the upwardly projecting ears for the pivoted code-ejector shown in section, the section eing on the dotted line 19-19 of Fig. 20;

Fig. 20 is an edge elevation of the same goods-ejector in its showing the pivoted normal position;

Fig. 21 is a vertical section, looking rearwardly, through a portion of the front part of the machine taken on the dotted line 21--21 of Fig. 7 and showing the normal initial relation of the parts of the mechanism;

Fig. 22 is a vertical section of the same, taken on the dotted line 2222 of Fig. 6, showing the relation of the parts just prior to the outward pull of the operating rod but with a coin shown as having been introduced through one of the coin slots preparatory to the operation of the machine;

Fig. 23 is a rear view of the lower portion of the several trays of the machine and of the means connected therewith for directing the sold pieces of confection downwardly;

Fig. 24 is a horizontal section through a portion of the same, taken on the dotted line 242& of Fig. 23, and

Fig. 25 is a horizontal section through the lower front hinged door of the machine taken on the dotted line 25-25 of Fig. 5; Fig. 25 shows the. lower surface of the horizontal top of said door and the shutters mounted thereon for closing the coin slots when the trays are empty.

In the drawings, 30 designates the exterior casing of the machine as a whole, said casing) comprising a back 31, sides 32, a top 33, a ottom 34, a lower. hinged front section 35 and a removable front or door 36. In rear of the door 36 is formed a chamber for the tray, numbered as a whole 37 for holding the stacks or vertical columns of confections, and within the lower portion of the casing is formed a chamber for the operative mechanism of the machine and also for a coin-receptacle 38 which receives the coins after they have left the operative mechanism and from which the coins may be removed, when desired, after the front 36 has been removed to free the lower front section 35 so that it may be turned downwardly and forwardly, or to the position shown in Fig. 3, which also shows the coin-receptacle 38 as having been withdrawn from the casing of the machine. When in the machine the coin receptacle 38 rests upon bars 39 fastened to the opposite sides of the machine and its rear slde abuts against vertical bars 40, which may be integral with the bars 39. At the rear of the coin box or receptacle 38 is provided a chute 41 down \vhichthe pieces dislodged from the tra may slide to an opening 42 below the front section 35 of the casing and from which opening said pieces may be removed by hand.

The lower front section 35 is preferably of metal and faced on its exterior by a block of wood, as shown, having a recess 43 therein for the fingers of the operator and a slot 44 through which the operating rod or handle 45 ma be moved forwardly and rearwardly. he metallic portion of the front section 35 is numbered 46 and it has a slot 47 in line with the aforesaid slot 44 through which the operating rod or handle 45 may have its movement The lower opposite edges of the plate 46 are formed or provided with ears 48 through which a pivot rod 49 passes, said rod 49 serving to hinge the front section 35 between the main sides of the casing 30. The upper end of the plate portion 46 of the front section 35 is bent rearwardly, as shown in Fig. 5, to form a covering plate 50 for the operative mechanism of the, machine and to afford a shelf receiving the lower edge ofthe front 36, as well as to provide other facilities hereinafter mentioned. The lower inner portion of the section 35 has secured upon it horizontal pins 51 which, when the coin receptacle 38 is in position on the supporting bars 39, abut against the vertical front of said receptacle and bind the receptacle in stationary position. At its upper opposite side edges the front section 35 and more particularly the metallic portion 46 thereof, is equipped with slotted cars 52 which, when said section 35 is turned upwardly to closed position, pass upon screws 53 extending inwardly from the opposite sides 32 of the general casing, said screws 53 serving as stops for the front section 35 and also as means for preventing lateral movement of said section 35 as well as upward or downward movement of said section in any attempt to pry the section 35 to open position.

The upper horizontal plate member 50 of the front section 35 has a front vertical bar 54 rigidly secured upon it and extending from one side edge to the other of said plate 50, and the rear edge of said plate member 50 has upwardly extending integral lugs 55, between which and the bar 54 is formed a space which receives the lower end of the ed to recesses 57 provided in the lower side edgesof the front 36, said recesses bein formed in the metal coverin strip applie to the sides and lower edge 0% said front 36, and said pins or studs 56 .bein formed on metal plates 58 (Fig. 3) secured to the inner facing surfaces of the sides 32. When the lower front section 35 is turned upwardly to position was to carry its cover plate member 50 above the operative mechanism of the machine, the front door 36 is placed upon said plate 50 between the bar 54 and lugs 55, the recesses 57 in said front or door being lowered upon the studs or pins 56, and thereupon the upper end of the front door 36 may be secured to the top 33 of the casing by means of a key-lock 59. When the front door 36 is placed in position its rear vertical side edges. abut against vertical shoulders 60 on the facing sides of the main casing and its lower opposite corners enter recesses 61 afforded by said sides of the main casing. When the front door 36 is locked in position it is securely held against being pulled outwardly by the lock 59, front walls of the recesses 61, studs 56 and the front bar 54 of the plate 50. The-shoulders 60, rear wall of the recesses 61, pins or studs 56 and rear lugs 55 prevent the front 36 from being pushed inwardly from over the said plate 50.

The lower front section 35 is of very durable character and it is held against opening movement by the presence of the front door 36, studs or pins 56 and recesses 57. It is only necessary therefore to provide one key-lock for th entire machine, that being the lock 59.

The cover plate 50 of the lower front section 35 is formed with coin-entrance slots 62, there being one coin-slot 62 for each section of the main tray 37, and these slots being at the front of the bar 54. Upon the lower side of the plate-member 50 of the' lower front section 35 I provide a series of shutters 63 for closing the coin-slots 62 as the sections of the tray 37 become emptied of the pieces of confection. The shutters 63 are formed of strips of metal having elongated slots 64 and freely held against the lower surface of the plate member 50 by means of the screws 65 whose heads support the shutters 63 and upon which screws said shutters may have a sliding movement to close or open the coin-slots 62. The inner or rear ends of the shutter plates 63 are bent downwardly, as at 66.. and said shutter plates 63 are normally held in a rear position, leaving the coin-slots 62 open, by means of flexed springs 67 secured to the lower side of the plate-member 50 on screws 68 and engaging studs 69 on said shutter plates 63, as shown inFig. 25. The forward ends of the shutter plates 63 are formed with slots 7 O which coincide with'the coin-slots 62 so that coins introduced to the machine must pass downwardly through the slots 62 and also through the slots 70. 'When the shutter plates 63 are pushed forwardly, by the means hereinafter described, said plates carry their slots from alignment with the coin-slots 62 and present their solid surfaces below the said slots 62 so as to prevent the entrance of coins to the machine, this taking place as the sections of the tray 37 become emptied.

- That portion of the machine which maybe designated as the operative mechanism and which is located above the coin-receptacle 38 and partly below the cover plate member 50 of the front section 35 and partly below the main tray 37 may be handled as a unit, and this mechanism comprises a stationary main supporting plate 71 having downwardly and then inwardly turned side edge portions 72 which are adapted to rest upon side bars 73 fastened to the facing sides 32 of the main casing and which may be integral with the bars 39, 40, being so shown in Fig. 2. The bars 73 have upwardly turned front fingers 74 and at the rear ends of said bars 73 are formed recesses 75 into which the rear ends of the edge members 72 of the plate 71 may pass and be thereby held against upward movement.- The front fingers 74 of the bars 73 prevent forward movement of the operative mechanism even when the front section 35 is turned downwardly to its open position. The mechanism carried by the plate 71 is bodily inserted into the chamber of the machine and upon the supporting bars 73, the side edges of the plate 71 being inserted downwardly below the screws 53 and on a tilting action slid along the bars 73 until their rear ends are within the recesses 75.

The plate 71 is shown in top elevation in Fig. 9, and the edge portions 72of said plate 71, where the same rest upon the supporting bars 73, are turned downwardly and then inwardly, as aforesaid, forming horizontal U-shaped run-ways or guides 76, as shown in Fig. 22. to receive and guide a sliding bar 77, shown in bottom elevation in Fig. 13, and which carries a portion of the operative mechanism, as hereinafter explained.

The plate 71 has at its rear edge, a downwardly extendingi bar flange 78 and a de-- fleeting downwardly and rearwardly inclined flange 7 9, the latter aiding in the passage of the discharged confections to the chute 41 (Fig. 5). The plate 71 has adjacent to its rear edge a vertical bar 80, which is recessed, as at 81, (Fig. 9) to permit the passage below it of horizontally slidable plates 82 upon which, between ears 83 thereof, are pivotally mounted the goodsejectors 84. In Fig. 9 I show three of the plates 82 in their inoperated osition and one of said plates, near themiddle of aid figure, in its operated position, in moving to which it carried its goods-ejector 84 against the lower piece of confection in the section f the tray 37 above it to discharge said piece, said piece, when discharged, falling upon the rear exposed portion of said plate 82 and resting thereon until said plate 82 has moved forwardly to its initial position, at which time said plate 82 carries the piece of confection against the vertical bar and thereby said piece becomes arrested and finall unsupported and descends down the inclined flange 79 of the plate 71 and falls upon the chute 41. The bar 80 serves to guide the sliding plates 82 and also to strip the pieces of confection as sold from said sliding plates after-they have been moved rearwardly to receive said pieces and then return forwardly to their initial position. The bar 80 is preferably formed with forwardly projecting fingers or auxiliary plates 85 which aid in retaining the sliding plates 82 firmly upon the bedplate 71. The plates 82 are formed w th slots 86 through which screws 87 pass for aiding in guiding said plates on their rearward and forward movements and also in holding said plates down upon the bed-pla te 71. The screws 87 are illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 and are concealed in Fig. 9 below the goods-ejectors 84. The sliding plates 82 and goods-ejectors 84 are shown in detail in Figs. 19 and 20, and the specific features of the plates 82 and goods-ejectors 84 will be referred to hereinafter, it being intended at present to give some' detailed explanation as to the parts supported upon the bed-plate 71. It may be mentioned, however, that the goods-ejectors 84 are metal plates pivotally secured at intermediate portions between the ears 83 and normally stand at an inclination. as shown in Fig. 20, inclining downwardly and forwardly and terminating adjacent to the front ends of the plates 82. The forward portions of the goods-ejectors 84 are weighted to overbalance the rear portions of said goods-ejectors so as to normally keep the rear ends of said ejectors in line with the lower piece of confection in the sections of the tray 37. The forward ends of the goods-ejectors 84 are preferably flanged downwardly, as at 88 (Fig. 20) to rest upon the forward ends of the sliding plates 82.

At the front of the bar 80 the bed plate 71 has two vertical standards 89 having reduced upper ends 90 which enter openings in the upper forwardly bent ends of brackets 91 which are secured upon the face of the main tray 37, as shown in Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 and serve to aid in supporting the tray 37 in vertical position.

It may be mentioned here that the tray 37 has secured to the l er ends of its opposite sides hook-plates 92 (Fig. 3) which when the tray is in position have their depending fingers 93 engaging the rear edges of the bed plate 71, this engagement of said fingers with said bed plate serving to aid in malntaining the tray 37 in correct position. Thenovel features of the tray 37 reside, however, in the means provided at the rear side of its lower end for directing the pieces of confection, as sold, to the chute 41 and these features will be explained hereinafter.

At its forward edge the bed plate 7 is flanged upwardly to form a rigid vertical plate 94, between which and a forward sub stantially corresponding movable plate 95 the coins pass from the coin slots 62. The plate 94 is stationary and is equipped with means for arresting iron or steel pieces or discs and also for catching washers and defiecting improper coins, such as a ten-cent piece which might be introduced to the machine by mistake, so that such pieces Wlll return to the purchaser. In Fig. 21 I illustrate the forward face of the plate 94, and in Fig. 22 I illustrate in elevation the rear face of said plate. The plate 94 is formed with openings 96 near its upper edge and upon the rear face of said plate 94 T secure a bar or strlp of metal 97 carrying at its ends magnets 98 which proj ect through the openings 96 and are exposed at the forward face of said plate 94, the purpose of these magnets being to attract iron and steel pieces which might be introduced to the machine. The Plates 94 and 95 have a normal separation suitable for the passage of a coin by means of ribs 99 (Fig. 21) provided on the front face of the plate 94 and against .which the forward plate 95 abuts when said plate 95 is in its normal inoperated position. The ends of the magnets 98 are adjacent to the path a coin or an iron or a steel disc would have to take after being introduced through the coin slots 62 and hence said magnets would arrest an iron or a steel disc and prevent it from reaching the operative mechanism of the machine. The forward plate 95 carries stripper plates 100 which project horizontally through openings in the plate 94 just below the magnets 98, and should an iron or steel disc become arrested b a ma net 98 and the handle 45 is then rawn forwardly the movement of the handle will be communicated, by the means hereinafter described, to the forward plate 95 with the result that said plate 95 will be moved from the position in which it is shown in Fig.6 to about the position in which it is shown in Fig. 12, this being a part-way forward position for the plate 95, its complete forward position bemg illustrated in Fig. 7, and when the plate 95 is thus moved outwardly, with an iron or steel disc held by a magnet 98, the stripper plate 100 adjacent to said magnet would follow forwardly with the plate 95 and knock the disc from the magnet. The disc caught by a magnet will roll around the curved end of the magnet and reach a point where it will be out of the vertical path of the coin-testers, hereinafter described, and move against the narrow neck portion of a stripper 100, and thereafter as the plate 95 is moved forwardly the broader head portion of said catchers 101, the outline of which is illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7. The devices 101 are weighted at their lower ends and formed with fingers 102 and 103. The fingers 102 stand in the vertical path of the coins fed to the machine and if an introduced coin is of proper weight it will on striking the finger 102 turn the weight tester 101 so that the finger 102 will move downwardly and perm t the passage of the coin to the further coin testing devices to be hereinafter described, a coin numbered 104 being shown 1n Fig. 6 as having passed downwardly to said coin testing devices. After the tester 101 has been turned by a proper coin movmg the finger 102 thereof downwardly said tester will return to its'normal position shown in Fig. 6 due to the weighting of the lower end of the same. Should the article introduced to the machinehave been a washer or a coin with a hole in it instead of a proper coin and of the proper weight of the com required, such washer or coin havmg a hole in it might turn the finger 102 downwardly but in doing so the finger 103 of the combined tester and washer catcher 101 would be turned forwardly and enter the hole in the washer or coin and suspend such washer or coin, thereby preventing it from passing downwardly to the operative mechanism of the machine. Thereafter 'on the outward movement of the forward plate 95 the washer or the coin with a hole in it would fall from the finger 103 and descend to the chute 41. If a light weight coin should be fed to the machine it will be arrested upon the finger 102 of the tester 101,

tween said flanges 106.

(Figs. 18, 22) toform a'guide-way for arms 107 secured to the end portions of the plate 95 and projectin rearwardly beach arm 105 has a downwardly projecting rear member 108 to which is pivotally secured a double-ended lever 109, as shown more fully in Fig. 18. The upper end of the lever 109 is formed with a vertical slot 110 into which passes a pin 111 secured to the rear end of the arm 107. As the lever 109 is turned on its pivot during the outward movement of the operating rod or handle 45 said lever will, acting through the am 107 push the front plate 95 forwardly, so as to cause a separation of the plate 95 from the plate 94. The plate 95 and parts connected therewith are automatically returned to their normal position during the return movement of the operating rod or handle 45 to its initial position by means of a sprin 112 whose forward end is secured to sai plate 95, and whose rear end is secured to the upper end of a vertical post 113 fastened at its lower end upon the main bed plate 71.

The plate 94 at the forward edge of the bed plate 71 is also equipped with downwardly and rearwardly inclined coin ejector arms 114 whose rear ends are disposed slightly above the sliding plates 82 and serve to force the coins carried against them from the coin-carrying devices, as hereinafter explained; The arms 114 are stationar and rigid with the plate 94.

pen the bed plate 71 and disposed between the pairs of sliding plates 82 are, pivotally secured locking dogs 115, these dogs being in the shape 0 arms secured by pivots or screws 116 upon the bed plate 71' and having at their outer edges three teeth 117, 118 and 119, the outer ends of which teeth are in difi'erent vertical planes. The pairs of dogs 115 are normally s aced apart to their full extent by means '0 flexed springs 120 engaging the rear ends of the same and acting to turn said do in a direction from each other as far as t e stops 121 will permit, these stops being pins fixed to the bed plate 71 and adapted to be engaged by shoulders formed on the shank ends of the dogs 115, as clearly shown in Figs. 8 and 9.

The sliding plates 82 adjacent to the sides of the dogs 115 are formed with a tooth 122 and this tooth together with its cooperating dog 115 is to ensure a full rearward stroke of the sliding plates 82 and goods ejectors 84 whenever a proper coin has been introduced to the machine and the operating handle 45 has been started on its forward movement. The rear outer side edges of the dogs 115 are curved, as shown in Fig.

9, and these edges are engaged by the coinwhen introduced to the position shown in Fig. 6 and the handle 45 ispulled outwardly. When the handle 45 is pulled outwardmesses ly the coin 104 is carried inwardly and at its edge engages the dog 115 at the point at which it was introduced and in riding of a proper coin being fed to the machine the dogs 115 would not be moved on their pivots and hence would remain in their initial position shown in Fig. 8.

The dogs 115 in every instance co-operate with a proper coin fed to the machine to compel a full movement of the operating rod or handle 45 and the slide 82 with which the coin and dog co-operate. When a coin is fed to the machine and becomes arrested between the coin testing devices hereinafter described and the rod or handle 45 is pulled forwardly, the coin is carried against the slide 82 with which it is then in line to move said slide and the goods ejector carried thereby for the purpose of dislodging a piece of goods from the lower end of the tray, and on the movement of the coin rearwardly under the action of the rod or handle 45 the coin not only moves its slide 82 rearwardly but rides against the forward rounded edge 1 of the dog 115 and first turns said dog in a direction from the slide so that the tooth 119 of the dog may be moved laterally to clear the tooth 122 on the slide 82, and then as the coin travels rearwardly and gets just beyond the forward tooth 117 of the dog, the spring 120 engaging the dog will turn the dog laterally toward the coin so that the coin will be at the rear edge of said tooth 117 and in such position prevent the operating rod or handle from being moved to any osition which would result in the slide 82 eing moved or returned forwardly. If we then pull the operating rod or handle 45 further forwardly the tooth 118 of the dog will be engaged by the edge of the coin and the coin will press the dog laterally in opposition to its spring 120 until the coin has passed by the said tooth 118, when the spring 120 will turn the dog to carry its tooth 118'to the forward face of the coin. The tooth 118 will then by its cooperation with the coin prevent the slide 82 from being moved forwardly. If we then pull the operating rod or handle 45 further outwardly, the coin will leave the tooth 118 of the 0g and complete its rearward movement, the coin pushing the slide 82 rearwardly to its full extent and causing the goods ejector 84 to engage the lower piece of confection, forcing the same rearwardly until said piece wardly projecting end of the sliding plate 82, in which position a piece of the confection is shown 1n Fig. 7. Then upon the com pletion of the rearward movement of the slide 82 and goods ejector 84 the coin carrying devices release the coin to fall into the coin bpx 38, and in order to assure the ejection'of the coin, the coin during itsrearward movement has its upper edge carried against the lower edge of one of the arms 114 which as shown in Fig. 7 incline downwardly and rearwardly, and at the proper time said arm 114 will force the coin downwardly from the coin-holding devices and thereby compel the release of the coin from the operative mechanism of the machine, the coin having then completed its work. The

' introduced coin, therefore, is carried against the forward end of a slide 82 carrying a goods ejector 84, and said coin also by coacting with one of the dogs serves to compel a full rearward stroke'of the slide 82 and goods ejector 84. After the coin has been released from the operative mechanism by the full forward movement of the operating rod or handle 45, and the complete rearward movement of the slide 82 and goods ejector 84, the operating rod or handle may be released and it will be automatically returned to its initial position, due to the action of the coiled springs 123 and pivoted levers 124 located below the bed plate 71 and clearly illustrated in Fig. 13.

As many of the sliding plates 82 and goods ejectors 84 as may be desired may be made use of. In the present instance the tray 37 has four sections for the columns or stacks of confection and hence the machine illustrated embraces four of the slides 82 and four goods ejectors 84, one slide and one ejector being intended for each compartment of the tray 37. Each slide 82 will co-operate with the coin and one of the dogs 115, and

over each slide and in a position for the coin to ride against its lower edge, is provided one of the coin ejector arms 114.

Having somewhat particularly referred to those parts of the mechanism located above the bed plate 71, I will describe the features of construction located below said bed plate. I have heretofore referred to the fact that the side edge portions 72 of the bed plate 71 are bent downwardly and then inwardly to form guides 76 for a slide 77. The slide 77 is a reasonably narrow bar extending from one guide 76 to the'other guide 76, and in Fig. 16 I illustrate the sliding plate or bar 77 with some of its suspended features indicated by dotted lines, and in Figs. 11 and 12 I illustrate said sliding plate or bar 77 with the features suspended therefrom, shown by solid lines. The bar 77 is slotted at its forthese slots 125 and being provided to receive the pins 126 which pro'ect downwardly from the forward ends of t e slides 82, as shown in Figs. 11 and 20. The sliding bar 77 is, at the entrance of the slots 125, recessed laterally, as at 127 to afford a space within which a coin may be fed, said coin then extending across the slot 125 and being in line with a pin 126 of one of slides 82. The sliding bar 77 is provided at opposite sides of the entrance to the slots 125 with pins 128 which project downwardly and serve as a backing for the coin held in the recesses 127. At its inner rear corners the slide 77 has fingers 129 and these fingers receive the rear ends of the springs 123, the forward ends of said springs being connected with posts 130 projecting downwardly from the forward edge portions 72 of the bed plate 71. \Vhen the slide 77 and its parts are moved rearwardly by the forward pull of the operating rod or handle 45, the springs 123 operate to return said slide and its parts to their initial forward position. The sliding bar 77 is given its rearward movement from the operating rod or handle 45 through the medium of the pivoted double-ended levers 124, which are pivotally mounted on brackets 131 fixed to the rearmember 78 of the bed plate 71. The outer ends of the levers 124 are slotted, as at 132, and Within these slots are screws 133 which are connected with the rear corner portions of the sliding bar 7 7. The slots 132 prevent any binding action of the levers 124 on the screws 133 during the movement of said levers when actuated by the operating rod or handle 45. The adjacent ends of the levers 124 are recessed out to form cam pockets 134, clearly illustrated in Fig. 11, which engage pins 135 which project upwardly from a cross-bar 136 secured to the upper surface of the rear end of the operatingrod or handle 45. The springs 123 preserve the engagement of the cam pockets 134 with the pins 135, said springs always acting to throw the inner ends of the levers 124 against said pins 135. The actuating rod or handle 45 is mounted in a bar frame 137, and is shown in bottom view in Figs. 11, 12 and'13 and in side elevation in Fig. 7. The rear end of said frame 137 is secured to the depending bar 78 of the bed plate 71 and the forward end of said frame 137 is secured to the forward side of the bar member 94 of said bed plate 71', as shown more particularly in Fig. 7 the forward plate 95 being cut away in line with the said frame 137 so that said plate 95 may move forwardly or to the position shown in Fig. 7 without interference from said frame 137. The bottom portion of the frame 137 is slotted as at 138 to receive a bolt 139 which enters the lower rear portion of the rod or handle 45 and aids in guiding said rod or handle and in properly retaining the same within the frame 137, whose front end is slotted, as at 140 (Figs. 14 and 15) to aid in positioning and guiding said rod or handle 45. j

Directly against the-lower surface of the slidingbar 77 I provide coin-tester plates 141 and 142 arranged in pairs, as clearly shown in Fig. 16. The plates 141l42 are adapted to have rearward and forward sliding movements and guide against each other in pairs and are also guided by pins 143 which project from the plate or bar 77, and are clearly shown in Fig. 16. The cointester plates 141, 142 have at their forward portions inclined surfaces 144 which cross one end of the recesses 127 for the coins fed to the machine, as shown in Fig. 16. A coin fed to the machine passes downward from the coin slot and between the plates 94 and 95 hereinbefore described and enters the recesses 127 of the plate or bar-77, the coin being arrested at one edge in one of said recesses 127 and at its other edge-in the other recess 127 but on the inclined edge 144 of the adjacent coin tester. If the coin should be of proper size or diameter it will become arrested in the manner just specified, but if the coin should be of less than the proper size it will pass entirely through the recesses 127 and by the coin tester and descend to the chute 41, which will return it to the purchaser. The plates 141, 142 are therefore coin testers intended to test the size and also the thickness of the coins fed to the machine, the inclined edges 144 of said plates permitting a thin coin of nearly the proper diameter to pass downwardly to the chute 41. The plates or coin testers 141, 142 are equipped with screws 145 and nuts 146 by which in connection with the downwardly projecting lugs 147 on said plates or coin testers and a front downwardly turned edge portion 148 on the bar or plate 77 (Fig. 6), said lates 141, 142 may be adjusted forward y or rearwardly so as to adapt their inclined edges 144 to the coin recesses 127 and to the character of coin which it may be intended to arrest within said recesses- The nuts 146 are jam nuts and when loosened, the turning of the screws 145 in one direction or the other will serve to move the coin tester plates 141, 142 forwardly or rearwardly. The coin tester plates 141, 142 have a spring tension tending to hold them in their 1n-- itial normal position, shown in Fig. 16, and.

this is due to the springs 149 connected with the downwardly bent ends or lugs 147 and to pins 150 which extend downwardly from the plate or bar 77, as shown more clearly in Fig. 13. When a coin is in position in the coin recesses 127 of the bar or plate 77 and against one of the coin tester plates 141 or 142 and the bar 77 is moved rearwardly from the operating rod or handle 45, the coin tester plates move with the said bar or plate 77 except at the latter part of the movement of said plate or bar 77 when said plate or bar 77 advances rearwardly while the coin tester plates 141, 142 are kept from further rearward movement, and during the slight rearward movement of the bar or plate 77 in ad- "ance of the coin tester plates 141, 142 the springs 149 of said plates 141, 142 become stretched and then on the first part of the return movement of the bar or plate 77 said sprlngs 149 retract and re-establish the relation of the bar or plate 77 with said cointester plates. When the bar or plate 77 and coin tester plates carried by it are moved rearwardly the rear ends of said coin tester plates engage stops 151, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 13 which project downwardly from themain body plate 71 and thereby said coin tester plates become arrested for the proper ejection of the coin, while the bar or plate 77 may continue to move a slight distance rearwardly in advance of said coin tester plates, thereby carrying its coin-recesses 127 rearwardly from the inclined edges 144 of said testers to free the coin and permit the same to be forced downwardly by the coin-ejectors 114.

The levers 124 which actuate the bar or plate 77 become arrested at the full inward movement of said bar or plate 77 by their engagement with rubber buffers 152 secured to the lower rear corner portions of the bed plate 71, as shown in Fig. 13. I also provide the rear end of the operating rod or handle 45 with a buffer 153 to cushion it when it arrives at its inner position with its rear end against the front plate 78 of the bed plate 71.

1 will now describe the means provided in my machine for preventing any movement of the goods ejectors 84 and oods ejector slides 82 when the operating rod or handle is pulled outwardly in the absence of the proper coin having been introduced to the machine, and these means comprise a transverse bar 154, shown in bottom elevation in Figs. 11 and 12, slidably mounted against the lower surface of the plate or bar 77 by means of screws 155 and slots 156. The bar 154 is above the operating rod or handle 45 and carries at its front edge a downwardly projecting stud 157 for co-operation with a run-way or groove 158 formed in one side of the upper surface of the operating rod or handle 45. The forward edge of the transversely slidable bar 154 is engaged by the pins 126 which project downwardly from the front ends of the slides 82 for the goods ejectors 84, as illustrated in Fig. 16, and said bar 154 is provided adjacent to the slots 125 in the bar or late 77 containing the said pins 126, with s oulders 159 (Fig. 11) which are normally adjacent to the said edges of the slots 125, as shown, but do not enga e the pins 126, in Fig. 11, being normally he d in that position by the engagement of the lug 157 carried by said bar 154 with the Inn 

